Fangsu was genuinely exhausted after cleaning the dishes and kitchen utensils that were used to make breakfast. It was unusal since she use to able to handle this amount of workload before without breaking a sweat, so as she headed up to her room. Her footsteps groggily took each step up but it was too much and eventually she just flopped into her bed. Her body kept changing from hot to cold at random time intervals, "When was the last time she took her medicine?" Fangsu could hear Yun Nan speaking to someone but Fangsu could only feel her body; her muscles aching from a throbbing pain, "She is going into withdrawal," Yun Nan placed her hand on her forehead to check on her temperature. Sweat lined her forehead as she wrapped herself in her comfy blanket unwilling to part from the safety of the blankets.
Ultimately, Fangsu was left alone in her room to recover but soon Ang Siu came into the room with a cup of water and the familiar looking packaging of the medicine thta she had been taking for year abliet it with slight alterations to accomdation for her everchanging condition. Ang Siu made sure to make Fangsu comfrotable as he sat her up and began opening the package so that Fangsu could take it but Fangsu turned her nose up; not wanting to take it anymore, "Fangsu, you have to take your medicine," He tried to urge her gently but Fangsu again shook her head, "Your body needs to be in top condition so that you can take the treatment," Even so Fangsu went to wrap the blanket around her body even more tightly.
Nestling her head further into the blankets, "I'm tired," She wanted to lay down onto the bed and sleep, "I just want to sleep," Fangsu felt so exhausted that she wanted to lay in bed and never wake up.
Ang Siu felt helpless but he still needed to take care of Fangsu because the person named Yun Nan said she needed to make a special cure for Fangsu so that she wouldn't need anymore medicine for the rest of her life. Ang Siu leaned Fangsu against his chest, "Just take the medicine and you can go back to sleep," He held the medicine infront Fangsu who just stared at it before taking the medicine from Ang Siu's hand and immediately grimaced at the taste of the incredibly bitter medicine. Ang Siu quickly went to place the cup at Fangsu's lip so that she could wash down the bitter taste and then went she drank the entire cup of water.
Ang Siu went to get out to let rest Fangsu rest but Fangsu held onto his sleeve, "Don't leave," Fangsu hid her face from Ang Siu, "I don't want to be alone," Fangsu who was always the cool and calm demenor whenever she was with other people but actually she was quite lonely as she never really opened to other people. It was difficult for her to connect with people since she was isolated and didn't understand what people her age were into and it didn't help that she was sheltered inside the house to ensure her health was good. Lately, her body was able to handle the outside environment but when she was younger she alway had to stay inside the house which ended up with Fangsu being only surrounded by her mother, grandpa and Yun Nan.
At that moment Fangsu realised that she had always been lonely ever since she was young being introduced to the outside world after being shelthered all her life made it difficult for Fangsu to adapt and make friends. Her sisters always were allowed to go to the capital with its changing weather unlike the stable weather at the island and make friends and it made Fangsu even lonelier than ever. She wanted to hold on to the people who she could call friends but she didn't want to deemed clingy and be rejected by those people who she was friends with. Ang Siu didn't say anything but sat on the floor next to the bed holding onto Fangsu's hand without any questions.
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As the two individual quietly found comfort in just being in the vicinity of each other; they eventually drifted to sleep in the dark and quiet room. As time continued to pass, two other individuals were hard at work. Yun Nan was creating the medicine fro Fangsu whilst Fangsu's grandpa was using the materials that Fangsu had gathered up to make the bodies for the three other members of the Chen Family. As the materials were placed within a diagram that was intricatelly drawn on the grown with a whitish writing substance that was made from a powder which the ingredients were unknown to many because it is the secret component which is required for the ritual.
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Ghostly Fragrance [COMPLETED] [UNEDITED]
Historical FictionChen Fangsu escaped from danger, away from the home she grew up in. With her new life in the capital with the last remaining member of her family, her grandpa, she happily works as the owner of her grandpa's store. Unknowingly she is involved in an...